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The Moon on Friday, May 9, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on May 9, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Friday 9 May 1941358,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 9, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
358,815 km222,958 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1941 is on Sunday, May 11, 1941 at 05:15 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 26, 1941 at 13:24 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 4, 194112:49
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 11, 194105:15

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Friday, May 9, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 1941 to the new moon of May 26, 1941, a cycle of 29.66 days.